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Queensland Roar coach Frank Farina has called for soccer to follow cricket and the rugby codes and introduce video technology to adjudicate on disputed goals.
Farina wants video referees in the game to avoid controversies such as last night’s match-winning goal for Adelaide United which cost his team dearly at Suncorp Stadium.
The former Socceroos mentor expects to cop a Football Federation Australia fine after venting his fury at A-League officials for allowing Robert Cornthwaite’s 60th-minute header.
Adelaide’s sole goal in the 1-0 victory was set up by blatantly offside striker Cristiano.
Cristiano was more than 2m offside when Paul Reid struck his cross but the Brazilian returned to the defensive line and headed back inside where Roar defender Andrew Packer made a hash of the clearance for Cornthwaite to pounce.
“It was an atrocious decision which cost us the game,” a furious Farina said.
“The boy was standing deliberately offside by three or four metres.
“How is that not offside? How do you miss that? That’s the thing I just can’t understand.
“When you look at the replay the linesman is in line with our defensive line.”
Farina said the mistake was a perfect example of why video technology should be used to review goals or penalties.
“I’ve always been a (supporter) on situations with penalties or goals, if there’s anything. Why not?,” he said.
“It’s modern technology and you are not going to stop the game for long.
“Was it handballed or not handballed? Was it offside or not offside? I don’t have a problem with it, and I was saying that a long time ago.”
Video reviews are a vexed issue in football but Farina’s support is unlikely to change anything on the local front.
Technology has been trialled in the past around the world for goal-line decisions but never gained support.
The loss was Queensland’s third from four at home this season and Farina said the disputed goal could potentially be highly damaging come the end of the year.
“It can always cost you a season,” he said.
“That game is not going to define whether we have a good season or not
“Games like that, when you lose when you don’t deserve to lose through things that are out of your control, hurt a lot.”
Queensland had salt rubbed into their wounds with defender Hyuk-Su Seo facing a fortnight on the sidelines with a calf injury.
Adelaide, who fly to Tashkent today to take on Uzbekistan’s Bunyodkor in their Asian Champions League semi-final on Wednesday, did what they had to do at Suncorp Stadium.
The Reds were calculated but played within themselves ahead of the much bigger game, where they merely need to lose by no more than two goals to guarantee a place in the Asian club final.
“That was a little bit of luck that went our way,” said coach Aurelio Vidmar.
“It’s never easy to back up on two fronts but the team is really united and very hungry for success.”
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